Bones Kickstarter #3 Discussion

[Kroas]

I was under the impression Reaper was not going to unlock stuff early and only if goals were reached. That was what was snowballing my fear. Especially with a slow moving money counter and a faster moving countdown clock.....fear of the unknown here...Reaper knows what is going on. No one else does.

[Reaperbryan]

No worries. We have some experience making the final 3 days exciting, even if the preceding days were slow. 

[Crowley]

No worries. We have some experience making the final 3 days exciting, even if the preceding days were slow. 

 

You've definitely dipped into the Kickstarter prestige class for a few levels at this point, haven't you? :-D  Looking forward to a wild and exciting ride to Saturday!!

[DixonGrfx]

mmm...  coordinating graphics (or photos) can be a very big pain. Then add on top of that, "Be sure to stick this figure in with the green (or master, or concept, or digital render) when you take the picture." can be a bit frustrating. I don't think Bryan is the one who is always taking the initial photos. Then there could be some figures aren't on site to take photos of, it could be the green has been sent off to get scanned, or mastered, or already in China for mold cutting.  No one really knows but Bryan and the Reaper peps. I am sure there are bigger priorities than having to digitally insert Sir Just in Fore Scale.

[Reaperbryan]

mmm...  coordinating graphics (or photos) can be a very big pain. Then add on top of that, "Be sure to stick this figure in with the green (or master, or concept, or digital render) when you take the picture." can be a bit frustrating. I don't think Bryan is the one who is always taking the initial photos. Then there could be some figures aren't on site to take photos of, it could be the green has been sent off to get scanned, or mastered, or already in China for mold cutting.  No one really knows but Bryan and the Reaper peps. I am sure there are bigger priorities than having to digitally insert Sir Just in Fore Scale.

Oh, I won't do a digital insert. If he's not physically in the shot so that the scale is 100% accurate, i won't add him in. Even when he's not touching the base figure, he was in that spot and the only retouching I do other than recolor to look whitish is to erase the background. So if he's in an image, he was standing exactly there when the photo was shot.

[hungerfan]

I was informed that 3 months have passed since my buddy started up here developing along side me.  REFERRAL $$$!!  Next goal next goal!!!  I am not going to worry about my pledge amount now and will up it a bit. Good news is always welcome when it comes to money. :)

[Jessie]

Everybody's freaking out about it being "slow" and I just don't get it. Last week we were doing 40K a day and we're up by over half of that, and we haven't even shown the big stuff that'll be worth a pretty big push.

I'm not freaking out over 'slow'.

 

I'm freaking out about the lack of hobgoblins.

[Crowley]

Numbers Based on 1500-1600 Reaper time today:
Total Gain Today - $35,062
Total Gain 24 Hours $77,873
Total to Next Goal - $17,923
New Backers This Hour - 8
Gain in last Hour - $2,043
Current Average Pledge - $145.70
Average Hourly Backers Today - 4.6
Average Hourly Backers 24 Hours - 6.3
Average Hourly Pledges Today - $2,191
Average Hourly Pledges 24 Hours - $3,245
Hours to next goal based on gains this hour - 8.8
Hours to next goal based on 24h Avg - 5.5

Current Total Pledges $1,562,077
Current Total Backers 10715
Previous Hour Total Pledges $1,560,034
Previous Hour Total Backers 10707

[DixonGrfx]

 

mmm...  coordinating graphics (or photos) can be a very big pain. Then add on top of that, "Be sure to stick this figure in with the green (or master, or concept, or digital render) when you take the picture." can be a bit frustrating. I don't think Bryan is the one who is always taking the initial photos. Then there could be some figures aren't on site to take photos of, it could be the green has been sent off to get scanned, or mastered, or already in China for mold cutting.  No one really knows but Bryan and the Reaper peps. I am sure there are bigger priorities than having to digitally insert Sir Just in Fore Scale.

Oh, I won't do a digital insert. If he's not physically in the shot so that the scale is 100% accurate, i won't add him in. Even when he's not touching the base figure, he was in that spot and the only retouching I do other than recolor to look whitish is to erase the background. So if he's in an image, he was standing exactly there when the photo was shot.

 

 

I personally try to think of the scale reference figure as a "best estimate".  It's nice to know that you don't digitally insert. I figured there may be some margin for scale in the cutting of the molds, cast shrink. And you never know when there could be errors in the process somewhere. That way when they turn out physically as shown in the graphics it's nice. But if they turn out a bit off, (not that I expect they would with Reaper's stellar products) I can live with some variation.

[breegull]

 

 

 

Could we have a pic with sir Forscale and the sphinx and manticore. I would like to evaluate how big they are. 

 

+1 for Sir Forscale. He's was missing and had to be added into so many of the early reveals. I thought by this point he would be in all of the larger monster pics. He's a servant of the people. 

 

We can't add him t the pic if we built the art from a photograph of the green, whereas we can add it if we have the model already. We include wherever possible but sometimes we just can't at the same time as when we post the model.

 

Time to mail out SirForscales to every Reaper sculptor!

[Dr.Bedlam]

Oh, man, the Steampunk Oz set is going into Bones?

I bought 'em after talking to Bob and Julie last year, so I don't need another set... but I have this horrible feeling I'm going to be painting more'n a few as gifts...

[Beagle]

I'm freaking out about the lack of hobgoblins. 

 

There are some phrases I just didn't expect to hear in my lifetime, this was one of them

Edited July 21, 2015 by Beagle

[Inarah]

Question: on the mythical monsters goal, is that $12 for both the manticore and sphinx, or is it $12 each? Just want to be clear before I up my pledge. 

[Erifnogard]

Hmm...I can think of some horrible things to do to players with hordes of cheap Bonesium flying steam monkeys....

[Kroas]

 

I'm freaking out about the lack of hobgoblins. 

 

There are some phrases I just didn't expect to hear in my lifetime, this was one of them

 

Spiderman????